Thunderstorm Wind in CHIPPEWA, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 11:00:00 to 23-JUL-05 11:30:00 (CST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Magnitude: 52 EG
Property damage: 125K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Extensive tree and power line damage was reported countywide.  At Chippewa Valley Regional Airport a large hangar door was ripped off and planes suffered minor damage.  A car window was broken and the side of a hangar was dented by flying debris and/or hail.  In Halle 10 orchard trees were damaged.  In Cornell the center of three silos was blown down onto a 100 foot barn.  A nearby milk house and calf barn were also demolished by the high wind. In Eagleton a corn field was flattened and an Oak tree was uprooted.

Hail in EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 11:05:00 to 23-JUL-05 11:10:00 (CST)
Location: EAU CLAIRE
Magnitude: 1.25 
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Half dollar sized hail fell on London Road. Quarter sized hail was reported elsewhere in town.

Thunderstorm Wind in PIERCE, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 10:23:00 to 23-JUL-05 10:23:00 (CST)
Location: SPRING VALLEY
Magnitude: 52 EG
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

A large tree was downed.

Thunderstorm Wind in ST. CROIX, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 10:35:00 to 23-JUL-05 10:35:00 (CST)
Location: GLENWOOD CITY
Magnitude: 52 EG
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Two trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind in ST. CROIX, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 10:15:00 to 23-JUL-05 10:15:00 (CST)
Location: ROBERTS
Magnitude: 52 EG
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Power lines were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind in DUNN, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 10:46:00 to 23-JUL-05 10:46:00 (CST)
Location: MENOMONIE
Magnitude: 52 EG
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Trees and power lines were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind in DUNN, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 10:50:00 to 23-JUL-05 10:50:00 (CST)
Location: MENOMONIE
Magnitude: 52 EG
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Several trees, including one Oak up to 16 inches in diameter, were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind in BARRON, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 10:55:00 to 23-JUL-05 10:55:00 (CST)
Location: DALLAS
Magnitude: 52 EG
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Trees were downed onto 3 1/2 Avenue east of Highway 25.

Thunderstorm Wind in PEPIN, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 10:55:00 to 23-JUL-05 10:55:00 (CST)
Location: DURAND
Magnitude: 52 EG
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Trees and power lines were downed including a 100 year old Maple on Prospect Street.

Thunderstorm Wind in BARRON, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 10:56:00 to 23-JUL-05 10:56:00 (CST)
Location: DALLAS
Magnitude: 55 EG
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Downed trees blocked roads.  The roof of a home, the roof of a barn, and the roof of a silo were blown off in rural Dallas.  Numerous power lines were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind in DUNN, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 11:00:00 to 23-JUL-05 11:00:00 (CST)
Location: MERIDEAN
Magnitude: 52 EG
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Power lines were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind in EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 11:00:00 to 23-JUL-05 11:30:00 (CST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Magnitude: 55 EG
Property damage: 592K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Half of a chimney was blown off a house and several trees and power lines were downed in Eau Claire.  Trees that were uprooted on Jefferson Street, Farwell Street, Mars Avenue, State Street, West Lexington Street, Skeels Avenue, Agres Street, Powell Drive, Taft Avenue, and Keys Street were between 1 and 2 feet in diameter. Two downed trees damaged cars. One home at the intersection of Powell Drive and Hawkins Avenue had a large branch puncture the roof in several locations.  The branch also damaged the living room ceiling.  Four miles northeast of Eau Claire on County Road Q trees in excess of 10 inches in diameter were damaged, power lines and street signs were damaged, and a pole shed suffered structural damage. Scattered trees and power lines were also downed elsewhere across the county, including in Augusta. Some downed trees damaged houses and vehicles. In Washington an ice fishing shack was blown into the back of a Sheriff's Department squad car, shattering the car's rear window and denting the truck lid.  In rural Fall Creek a Quonset-style barn was thrown into the air and smashed into a silo. On the same property a barn was demolished, two sides of a pole barn were downed, and the roof of a farmhouse was damaged.  Total property damage at the rural Fall Creek site was estimated at $22,000.

Thunderstorm Wind in POLK, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 10:00:00 to 23-JUL-05 10:20:00 (CST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Magnitude: 52 EG
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Power lines were downed onto Main Street in St. Croix Falls.  Trees and power lines were downed onto 51st Avenue, County Road M one mile south of County Road K, just north of 5th Avenue on 170th Street, and on Highway 65 near 40th Avenue in Alden Township.  In Lincoln Township a tree was downed onto a power line on 60th Avenue. In Balsam Lake Township a tree was downed onto 165th Avenue one mile west of 130th Street and on 120th Avenue just west of 150th Street.

Flash Flood in POLK, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 10:30:00 to 23-JUL-05 11:30:00 (CST)
Location: ST CROIX FALLS
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

A washout was occurred at the intersection of Kentucky Street and Adams Street just east of Highway 87.

Lightning in ST. CROIX, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 10:15:00 to 23-JUL-05 10:15:00 (CST)
Location: SOMERSET
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD

Three men were injured by lightning when the bolt struck a car they were about to get into at a campground.  One man, age 25, was touching the handle of the car when the bolt struck and was critically injured.  When rescuers arrived a few minutes later he did not have a pulse.  They were able to revive the victim with an AED.  Another man, age 25, was standing right next to the person who was critically injured and was knocked unconscious and suffered burns on his arms. He was transported to the hospital in stable condition. A third man in his 20s standing a few feet away was struck in the foot by the bolt but refused medical treatment.

Thunderstorm Wind in PIERCE, WISCONSIN
From 23-JUL-05 10:20:00 to 23-JUL-05 10:20:00 (CST)
Location: RIVER FALLS
Magnitude: 52 EG
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Trees and branches were downed across town, including one which fell across the intersection of Fourth Street and Pine Street.